Posted by Squidge has reached the age where it is time to start his weaning journey. I’m not sure whether to feel excited or sad about it really. Squidge is my last baby and I often feel overwhelmed with how quickly he’s growing and how short a time they are babies!
But time waits for no mum, so weaning has begun. We started three weeks ago really with plain baby rice, but it did not go at all well.
That is not the face of an impressed boy.
Fortunately, things improved greatly when we ditched the rice. I gave him a rusk after that… huge hit! We’ve since added banana baby porridge which has also been readily accepted, and now Squidge already prefers food over his bottle. I think he’s going to be a ‘good eater’, as they say.
Although I have started him with spoon fed food, I do intend to introduce baby led weaning in the next week or so. We will probably stick to porridge at breakfast but lunch and dinner may well be down to Squidge to sort out! I’ve started mooching round the internet and have found a couple of sites that look really useful so I’ll have to start experimenting with recipes this coming week.
Have you got any favourite BLW recipes? Or did you wean the traditional way? I think a mixture is what will work best for us.
I know someone in particular who will enjoy Squidge’s weaning period anyway. She’ll be my most eager cleaning assistant, I’m sure!
Our dog is actively fed by our 10 month old 🙂 My first 2 loved toast and sandwiches but Zach just shreds them and gives the pieces to Ollie the Collie #MaternityMondays
Haha! Saves on dog food I guess!
We are weaning now too! We’ve gone down the puree route, but with finger foods too. Mine’s a good eater too! #MaternityMondays
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I think a mixture of weaning methods seems to work for a lot of people. It at least gives you quick options as well as the BLW options which I find I spend more time on x
That has gone so fast! His face with the rice! I think Grace did the same when she first had it. I look forward to seeing how it works out x #MaternityMondays
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It will be your turn to wean again all too soon Vic!
Hehehehe we have a similar fiend who likes to camp out under the high chair. It’s amazing how our fussy dog regularly tucks into foods I would have never dreamt she would eat.
I can’t believe Eric is weaning already. It is going so quickly but I do love weaning. We did a mixture and it worked for us. I like watching the spoon going into their baby bird mouths 🙂 #MaternityMondays
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Aww yes, their eager little mouths are very funny!